How do a grow a plant from a cutting?

Question

If I cut of a piece from my friends plant how do I make it grow at home?

Answer 1

If it is the kind of plant that takes from cuttings you can try 2 different methods.

1. stick it in a glass of water, cut side down, and wait for it to grow roots.

2. dip it in a rooting hormone (can be bought at nurserys or walmart type store) then stick it in vermiculite until it roots.

Answer 2

Take the clipping and cut the end in a slant with a sharp knife. This will help the roots be more opened to the water and less damage to the edges. Leave the clipping in a glass container of water for several weeks in indirect sunlight until you see roots appearing. Be sure to add fresh water once a week so the water doesn't get stagnant. Once the roots are at least an inch long you can plant the clipping in moist soil with a little peat and some vermiculite. Water the plant once or twice a week depending if it is in the winter or summer. You can also get plant food that mixes with water to feed it every few weeks. The direction is on the package. This will help give the plant a little boost. Be sure to find more about the plant if it can be in full sun or indirect light. Otherwise, enjoy your plant.

Answer 3

Put the cutting into a jar with water and a little miracle gro. Remember that some plants will not grow from a cutting.

Answer 4

Start by putting the cutting in a glass or vase of water. After the roots have developed, put it in a small pot with some potting soil. Your plant should grow from there.

Answer 5

Just put it in a clear container like a jar or glass and then put the container in a sunny window. A window facing east or southeast is the best.

Once the roots reach one inch or so you can plant the cutting in a container or the ground if it is an outdoor plant.

Answer 6

It honestly depends on what type of plant you are talking about.

Some plants you can sticks right in soil & they will root themselves--Forsythia is a good example.

Other plants can be placed in a glass of water & they will grow roots, then you can plant them in soil.--Philodendron & wandering jew are good examples.

Instead of a clipping you can split a plant getting some of the original roots, you can purchase root growth hormone (or root growth compound) & apply it to the roots before replanting, this will help take the shock of being split away & will encourage it to take root in the new soil.

Check out the National Home Gardening Club at www.gardeningclub.com for lots of tips, do searches or post questions for answers.

Good Luck! :-)

Answer 7

Mint flowers are very prolific of their boom habit. I ripped them out of my backyard beds the summer season of 2009, and the offspring nevertheless pop up right here and there. My unique mint plant became purely an possibility free little plant in a flower pot from Walmart, and oh my goodness, it ended up growing a wide monster. position your reducing in water, and with any success you'll roots forming in a couple of minutes. good success and desirable keep the plant in a pot so it won't be able to over run your backyard.

Answer 8

It depends on the plant, either soak the cut end in water until roots start to form, then put it in a pot of soil...or sometimes you can put the cut end directly into soil and then you just have to water it and wait for it too take root.

Answer 9

Some plants root in water. Those develope water roots, so when you put them in dirt you have to keep them watered good for a while. Some you can use rooting powder, I use Bontone. Those also have to be kept pretty wet till they take hold. You can usually tell when they start getting new growth. See if you can get two clippings from your friend and try both.

Answer 10

Put your cutting in a cup of water. Wait until it has a nice root system and then plant it in soil.